An email to Tom Hicks
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Ta mate. Initially he just introduced himself as John Smith. I said I knew two or three blokes by that name and asked which he was, at which point he told me he was calling from Liverpool and I twigged. Needless to say he hadn't been one of the John Smiths I originally had in mind!
It also occurs to me that I got the call on Sunday evening, and we'd just thrashed the blueslime the previous day. It'd be nice if that's an omen for this weekend.
It also occurs to me that I got the call on Sunday evening, and we'd just thrashed the blueslime the previous day. It'd be nice if that's an omen for this weekend.
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How the debt "will go another 100 soon"? ???
Europa League money? :-X
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I presume they expect Purslow to find a suitable buyer willing to invest 100M for a 25% stake soon enough.
How the debt "will go another 100 soon"? ???
Europa League money? :-X
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I presume they expect Purslow to find a suitable buyer willing to invest 100M for a 25% stake soon enough.
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[quote author=Brendan link=topic=37428.msg998565#msg998565 date=1259159230]
"Barry O'Connor (PhD)"
Hahahahahahahaha!
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Of course it could have been that which led to the reply
"Yeah this guy's got a PhD, that can go into the reply pile. What's this next one? MA? Fuck off"
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I've only used the letters after my name perhaps half a dozen times in well over thirty years, but one of them was when I wrote to the club to question the proposal to install seating on the Kop. What followed may or may not have had anything to do with the way I signed my letter off, but the chairman at the time (Sir John Smith) telephoned me a few days later to explain the decision. We actually had quite a long chat and the matter of my degree subject came up. After I told Sir John that the degree was in French and German, we ended up agreeing that I'd write in German to the then Secretary-General of UEFA as a Liverpool fan asking them to let us back into Europe (other English clubs had got back in but we were still banned). Our ban had been due to last for the rest of that season and the one after, but in the event UEFA relented and readmitted us to European competition that summer. Obv.I'll never know if my letter played any real part in that, but I like to hope it might have done.
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Good on yer Dr JJ, good to know mate.
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[quote author=Brendan link=topic=37428.msg998565#msg998565 date=1259159230]
"Barry O'Connor (PhD)"
Hahahahahahahaha!
[/quote]
Of course it could have been that which led to the reply
"Yeah this guy's got a PhD, that can go into the reply pile. What's this next one? MA? Fuck off"
[/quote]
I've only used the letters after my name perhaps half a dozen times in well over thirty years, but one of them was when I wrote to the club to question the proposal to install seating on the Kop. What followed may or may not have had anything to do with the way I signed my letter off, but the chairman at the time (Sir John Smith) telephoned me a few days later to explain the decision. We actually had quite a long chat and the matter of my degree subject came up. After I told Sir John that the degree was in French and German, we ended up agreeing that I'd write in German to the then Secretary-General of UEFA as a Liverpool fan asking them to let us back into Europe (other English clubs had got back in but we were still banned). Our ban had been due to last for the rest of that season and the one after, but in the event UEFA relented and readmitted us to European competition that summer. Obv.I'll never know if my letter played any real part in that, but I like to hope it might have done.
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Good on yer Dr JJ, good to know mate.
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[quote author=Brendan link=topic=37428.msg998565#msg998565 date=1259159230]
"Barry O'Connor (PhD)"
Hahahahahahahaha!
[/quote]
Of course it could have been that which led to the reply
"Yeah this guy's got a PhD, that can go into the reply pile. What's this next one? MA? Fuck off"
[/quote]
I've only used the letters after my name perhaps half a dozen times in well over thirty years, but one of them was when I wrote to the club to question the proposal to install seating on the Kop. What followed may or may not have had anything to do with the way I signed my letter off, but the chairman at the time (Sir John Smith) telephoned me a few days later to explain the decision. We actually had quite a long chat and the matter of my degree subject came up. After I told Sir John that the degree was in French and German, we ended up agreeing that I'd write in German to the then Secretary-General of UEFA as a Liverpool fan asking them to let us back into Europe (other English clubs had got back in but we were still banned). Our ban had been due to last for the rest of that season and the one after, but in the event UEFA relented and readmitted us to European competition that summer. Obv.I'll never know if my letter played any real part in that, but I like to hope it might have done.
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Whether it had any effect or not, you deserve a lot of credit for it. Good little anecdote too, as has been said.
*As a result I'll try to go easy on you the next time you claim Skrtel is a better defender than Agger*
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[quote author=Brendan link=topic=37428.msg998565#msg998565 date=1259159230]
"Barry O'Connor (PhD)"
Hahahahahahahaha!
[/quote]
Of course it could have been that which led to the reply
"Yeah this guy's got a PhD, that can go into the reply pile. What's this next one? MA? Fuck off"
[/quote]
I've only used the letters after my name perhaps half a dozen times in well over thirty years, but one of them was when I wrote to the club to question the proposal to install seating on the Kop. What followed may or may not have had anything to do with the way I signed my letter off, but the chairman at the time (Sir John Smith) telephoned me a few days later to explain the decision. We actually had quite a long chat and the matter of my degree subject came up. After I told Sir John that the degree was in French and German, we ended up agreeing that I'd write in German to the then Secretary-General of UEFA as a Liverpool fan asking them to let us back into Europe (other English clubs had got back in but we were still banned). Our ban had been due to last for the rest of that season and the one after, but in the event UEFA relented and readmitted us to European competition that summer. Obv.I'll never know if my letter played any real part in that, but I like to hope it might have done.
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Whether it had any effect or not, you deserve a lot of credit for it. Good little anecdote too, as has been said.
*As a result I'll try to go easy on you the next time you claim Skrtel is a better defender than Agger*
[quote author=gkmacca link=topic=37428.msg999336#msg999336 date=1259228783]
Blimey, I'm going to start using my PhD now! I think I'll write to Lady GaGa on Portly's behalf.
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A kind thought there. He should then follow up with the letters after his own name, which make it clear he's an accountant. I'm sure that's exactly the kind of person she's been waiting for. 😉
Blimey, I'm going to start using my PhD now! I think I'll write to Lady GaGa on Portly's behalf.
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A kind thought there. He should then follow up with the letters after his own name, which make it clear he's an accountant. I'm sure that's exactly the kind of person she's been waiting for. 😉
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[quote author=Brendan link=topic=37428.msg998565#msg998565 date=1259159230]
"Barry O'Connor (PhD)"
Hahahahahahahaha!
[/quote]
Of course it could have been that which led to the reply
"Yeah this guy's got a PhD, that can go into the reply pile. What's this next one? MA? Fuck off"
[/quote]
I've only used the letters after my name perhaps half a dozen times in well over thirty years, but one of them was when I wrote to the club to question the proposal to install seating on the Kop. What followed may or may not have had anything to do with the way I signed my letter off, but the chairman at the time (Sir John Smith) telephoned me a few days later to explain the decision. We actually had quite a long chat and the matter of my degree subject came up. After I told Sir John that the degree was in French and German, we ended up agreeing that I'd write in German to the then Secretary-General of UEFA as a Liverpool fan asking them to let us back into Europe (other English clubs had got back in but we were still banned). Our ban had been due to last for the rest of that season and the one after, but in the event UEFA relented and readmitted us to European competition that summer. Obv.I'll never know if my letter played any real part in that, but I like to hope it might have done.
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Good on yer Dr JJ, good to know mate.
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Kind of you to say so, but I'm not actually a PhD. MA (Cantab) seems to have done the trick though.
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[quote author=Brendan link=topic=37428.msg998565#msg998565 date=1259159230]
"Barry O'Connor (PhD)"
Hahahahahahahaha!
[/quote]
Of course it could have been that which led to the reply
"Yeah this guy's got a PhD, that can go into the reply pile. What's this next one? MA? Fuck off"
[/quote]
I've only used the letters after my name perhaps half a dozen times in well over thirty years, but one of them was when I wrote to the club to question the proposal to install seating on the Kop. What followed may or may not have had anything to do with the way I signed my letter off, but the chairman at the time (Sir John Smith) telephoned me a few days later to explain the decision. We actually had quite a long chat and the matter of my degree subject came up. After I told Sir John that the degree was in French and German, we ended up agreeing that I'd write in German to the then Secretary-General of UEFA as a Liverpool fan asking them to let us back into Europe (other English clubs had got back in but we were still banned). Our ban had been due to last for the rest of that season and the one after, but in the event UEFA relented and readmitted us to European competition that summer. Obv.I'll never know if my letter played any real part in that, but I like to hope it might have done.
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Good on yer Dr JJ, good to know mate.
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Kind of you to say so, but I'm not actually a PhD. MA (Cantab) seems to have done the trick though.
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[quote author=Brendan link=topic=37428.msg998565#msg998565 date=1259159230]
"Barry O'Connor (PhD)"
Hahahahahahahaha!
[/quote]
Of course it could have been that which led to the reply
"Yeah this guy's got a PhD, that can go into the reply pile. What's this next one? MA? Fuck off"
[/quote]
I've only used the letters after my name perhaps half a dozen times in well over thirty years, but one of them was when I wrote to the club to question the proposal to install seating on the Kop. What followed may or may not have had anything to do with the way I signed my letter off, but the chairman at the time (Sir John Smith) telephoned me a few days later to explain the decision. We actually had quite a long chat and the matter of my degree subject came up. After I told Sir John that the degree was in French and German, we ended up agreeing that I'd write in German to the then Secretary-General of UEFA as a Liverpool fan asking them to let us back into Europe (other English clubs had got back in but we were still banned). Our ban had been due to last for the rest of that season and the one after, but in the event UEFA relented and readmitted us to European competition that summer. Obv.I'll never know if my letter played any real part in that, but I like to hope it might have done.
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Whether it had any effect or not, you deserve a lot of credit for it. Good little anecdote too, as has been said.
*As a result I'll try to go easy on you the next time you claim Skrtel is a better defender than Agger*
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😛 ;D
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[quote author=Brendan link=topic=37428.msg998565#msg998565 date=1259159230]
"Barry O'Connor (PhD)"
Hahahahahahahaha!
[/quote]
Of course it could have been that which led to the reply
"Yeah this guy's got a PhD, that can go into the reply pile. What's this next one? MA? Fuck off"
[/quote]
I've only used the letters after my name perhaps half a dozen times in well over thirty years, but one of them was when I wrote to the club to question the proposal to install seating on the Kop. What followed may or may not have had anything to do with the way I signed my letter off, but the chairman at the time (Sir John Smith) telephoned me a few days later to explain the decision. We actually had quite a long chat and the matter of my degree subject came up. After I told Sir John that the degree was in French and German, we ended up agreeing that I'd write in German to the then Secretary-General of UEFA as a Liverpool fan asking them to let us back into Europe (other English clubs had got back in but we were still banned). Our ban had been due to last for the rest of that season and the one after, but in the event UEFA relented and readmitted us to European competition that summer. Obv.I'll never know if my letter played any real part in that, but I like to hope it might have done.
[/quote]
Whether it had any effect or not, you deserve a lot of credit for it. Good little anecdote too, as has been said.
*As a result I'll try to go easy on you the next time you claim Skrtel is a better defender than Agger*
[/quote]
😛 ;D
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[quote author=Brendan link=topic=37428.msg998565#msg998565 date=1259159230]
"Barry O'Connor (PhD)"
Hahahahahahahaha!
[/quote]
Of course it could have been that which led to the reply
"Yeah this guy's got a PhD, that can go into the reply pile. What's this next one? MA? Fuck off"
[/quote]
I've only used the letters after my name perhaps half a dozen times in well over thirty years, but one of them was when I wrote to the club to question the proposal to install seating on the Kop. What followed may or may not have had anything to do with the way I signed my letter off, but the chairman at the time (Sir John Smith) telephoned me a few days later to explain the decision. We actually had quite a long chat and the matter of my degree subject came up. After I told Sir John that the degree was in French and German, we ended up agreeing that I'd write in German to the then Secretary-General of UEFA as a Liverpool fan asking them to let us back into Europe (other English clubs had got back in but we were still banned). Our ban had been due to last for the rest of that season and the one after, but in the event UEFA relented and readmitted us to European competition that summer. Obv.I'll never know if my letter played any real part in that, but I like to hope it might have done.
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Good on yer Dr JJ, good to know mate.
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Kind of you to say so, but I'm not actually a PhD. MA (Cantab) seems to have done the trick though.
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Aiyayaya, MA (Cantab) as good as a PhD in my mind as PhDs are so common nowadays, a dime a dozen with degree mills all over the place. "😉
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[quote author=Brendan link=topic=37428.msg998565#msg998565 date=1259159230]
"Barry O'Connor (PhD)"
Hahahahahahahaha!
[/quote]
Of course it could have been that which led to the reply
"Yeah this guy's got a PhD, that can go into the reply pile. What's this next one? MA? Fuck off"
[/quote]
I've only used the letters after my name perhaps half a dozen times in well over thirty years, but one of them was when I wrote to the club to question the proposal to install seating on the Kop. What followed may or may not have had anything to do with the way I signed my letter off, but the chairman at the time (Sir John Smith) telephoned me a few days later to explain the decision. We actually had quite a long chat and the matter of my degree subject came up. After I told Sir John that the degree was in French and German, we ended up agreeing that I'd write in German to the then Secretary-General of UEFA as a Liverpool fan asking them to let us back into Europe (other English clubs had got back in but we were still banned). Our ban had been due to last for the rest of that season and the one after, but in the event UEFA relented and readmitted us to European competition that summer. Obv.I'll never know if my letter played any real part in that, but I like to hope it might have done.
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Good on yer Dr JJ, good to know mate.
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Kind of you to say so, but I'm not actually a PhD. MA (Cantab) seems to have done the trick though.
[/quote]
Aiyayaya, MA (Cantab) as good as a PhD in my mind as PhDs are so common nowadays, a dime a dozen with degree mills all over the place. "😉
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Blimey, I'm going to start using my PhD now! I think I'll write to Lady GaGa on Portly's behalf.
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Ask her to wear a pork pie hat while you're at it Macca.
Blimey, I'm going to start using my PhD now! I think I'll write to Lady GaGa on Portly's behalf.
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Ask her to wear a pork pie hat while you're at it Macca.
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[quote author=Brendan link=topic=37428.msg998565#msg998565 date=1259159230]
"Barry O'Connor (PhD)"
Hahahahahahahaha!
[/quote]
Of course it could have been that which led to the reply
"Yeah this guy's got a PhD, that can go into the reply pile. What's this next one? MA? Fuck off"
[/quote]
I've only used the letters after my name perhaps half a dozen times in well over thirty years, but one of them was when I wrote to the club to question the proposal to install seating on the Kop. What followed may or may not have had anything to do with the way I signed my letter off, but the chairman at the time (Sir John Smith) telephoned me a few days later to explain the decision. We actually had quite a long chat and the matter of my degree subject came up. After I told Sir John that the degree was in French and German, we ended up agreeing that I'd write in German to the then Secretary-General of UEFA as a Liverpool fan asking them to let us back into Europe (other English clubs had got back in but we were still banned). Our ban had been due to last for the rest of that season and the one after, but in the event UEFA relented and readmitted us to European competition that summer. Obv.I'll never know if my letter played any real part in that, but I like to hope it might have done.
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Good on yer Dr JJ, good to know mate.
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Kind of you to say so, but I'm not actually a PhD. MA (Cantab) seems to have done the trick though.
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Aiyayaya, MA (Cantab) as good as a PhD in my mind as PhDs are so common nowadays, a dime a dozen with degree mills all over the place. "😉
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What?
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[quote author=Brendan link=topic=37428.msg998565#msg998565 date=1259159230]
"Barry O'Connor (PhD)"
Hahahahahahahaha!
[/quote]
Of course it could have been that which led to the reply
"Yeah this guy's got a PhD, that can go into the reply pile. What's this next one? MA? Fuck off"
[/quote]
I've only used the letters after my name perhaps half a dozen times in well over thirty years, but one of them was when I wrote to the club to question the proposal to install seating on the Kop. What followed may or may not have had anything to do with the way I signed my letter off, but the chairman at the time (Sir John Smith) telephoned me a few days later to explain the decision. We actually had quite a long chat and the matter of my degree subject came up. After I told Sir John that the degree was in French and German, we ended up agreeing that I'd write in German to the then Secretary-General of UEFA as a Liverpool fan asking them to let us back into Europe (other English clubs had got back in but we were still banned). Our ban had been due to last for the rest of that season and the one after, but in the event UEFA relented and readmitted us to European competition that summer. Obv.I'll never know if my letter played any real part in that, but I like to hope it might have done.
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Good on yer Dr JJ, good to know mate.
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Kind of you to say so, but I'm not actually a PhD. MA (Cantab) seems to have done the trick though.
[/quote]
Aiyayaya, MA (Cantab) as good as a PhD in my mind as PhDs are so common nowadays, a dime a dozen with degree mills all over the place. "😉
[/quote]
What?
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[quote author=Brendan link=topic=37428.msg998565#msg998565 date=1259159230]
"Barry O'Connor (PhD)"
Hahahahahahahaha!
[/quote]
Of course it could have been that which led to the reply
"Yeah this guy's got a PhD, that can go into the reply pile. What's this next one? MA? Fuck off"
[/quote]
I've only used the letters after my name perhaps half a dozen times in well over thirty years, but one of them was when I wrote to the club to question the proposal to install seating on the Kop. What followed may or may not have had anything to do with the way I signed my letter off, but the chairman at the time (Sir John Smith) telephoned me a few days later to explain the decision. We actually had quite a long chat and the matter of my degree subject came up. After I told Sir John that the degree was in French and German, we ended up agreeing that I'd write in German to the then Secretary-General of UEFA as a Liverpool fan asking them to let us back into Europe (other English clubs had got back in but we were still banned). Our ban had been due to last for the rest of that season and the one after, but in the event UEFA relented and readmitted us to European competition that summer. Obv.I'll never know if my letter played any real part in that, but I like to hope it might have done.
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Good on yer Dr JJ, good to know mate.
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Kind of you to say so, but I'm not actually a PhD. MA (Cantab) seems to have done the trick though.
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Aiyayaya, MA (Cantab) is as good as a PhD in my mind as PhDs are so common nowadays, a dime a dozen with degree mills all over the place. "😉
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What?
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nvm
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[quote author=Brendan link=topic=37428.msg998565#msg998565 date=1259159230]
"Barry O'Connor (PhD)"
Hahahahahahahaha!
[/quote]
Of course it could have been that which led to the reply
"Yeah this guy's got a PhD, that can go into the reply pile. What's this next one? MA? Fuck off"
[/quote]
I've only used the letters after my name perhaps half a dozen times in well over thirty years, but one of them was when I wrote to the club to question the proposal to install seating on the Kop. What followed may or may not have had anything to do with the way I signed my letter off, but the chairman at the time (Sir John Smith) telephoned me a few days later to explain the decision. We actually had quite a long chat and the matter of my degree subject came up. After I told Sir John that the degree was in French and German, we ended up agreeing that I'd write in German to the then Secretary-General of UEFA as a Liverpool fan asking them to let us back into Europe (other English clubs had got back in but we were still banned). Our ban had been due to last for the rest of that season and the one after, but in the event UEFA relented and readmitted us to European competition that summer. Obv.I'll never know if my letter played any real part in that, but I like to hope it might have done.
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Good on yer Dr JJ, good to know mate.
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Kind of you to say so, but I'm not actually a PhD. MA (Cantab) seems to have done the trick though.
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Aiyayaya, MA (Cantab) is as good as a PhD in my mind as PhDs are so common nowadays, a dime a dozen with degree mills all over the place. "😉
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What?
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nvm
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